Your ideas for new subscription features

I rarely utilized the unlimited number aspect- I have a few songs that for some reason I went kinds "nuts" over- ( I play along with them on my keyboard...) and a few artists that I worked a long time getting a track finished- but usually once I put a song in a couple of playlists I try to play those playlists. I LOVE my playlists- duhhhhh - that's my own personal selection-except for the order in which they start and play- Lord, I would love to have control over that - I would shut- up and get on with my life. Happily. That's just ME- but that would make ME happy. . Give me about 6 or 7 freebies, that's plenty of times to place them in a playlist,. I'd probably buy that song anyway by then out of appreciation to the artist...

Not a subscriber here yet. I think I'd need a higher bitrate for that. Currently subscribe to pandora which streams at a much higher bitrate. However, I just started trying this today and I like the wider variety of music it recommends (although it does tend to miss quite a bit more at the moment). I do miss the pause button and standalone client.

I also dislike how the "Love Track" button doesn't indicate it's been pressed.

Without a higher bitrate though, I can't see using this for anything other than occasional music discovery.

dianashamilton said:
I'm late to the discussion but still have these fully sufficient reasons why I subscribe and keep it subbed:

-Discovery mode (er, that *was* a reason)
-Personal radios: They are already worth the sub price, but would be even better if I could combine or narrow them in sets (ie, combo and/or filter)

If you're thinking about it, this would be a super-plus:
-Friend radio (with possibility of selectable subsets)

Try this: Combo.fm: Combined Last.fm radio stations

To be honest, I didn't subscribe because of additional features but because I think it's fair to offer my support in order for last fm to afford artist royalties.
Of course I don't mind the extra features ;;), I think combo stations is really an absolutely great idea.
The thing that I love the most about last fm is that it offers all the informations I need in one place. If someone recommends me an artist, I open last fm first and then I listen. genre, wiki, albums, tracks, videos, similars, all are in one place.

if there would be a subscriber + option, for example play on demand, whole albums on demand, whole discogs, I'd definitely take upgrade.

I'd probably be much happier if artists page could be more user friendly and more manageable (editable news section, album/concerts reviews links available on landing page, shoutbox with "flag as inappropiate" buttons usable at least by users if not by the artist, section for lyrics in the track page)

Otherwise it's just perfect, I wouldn't change a thing.

Had a very bad radio experience on my iPod Touch due to the significantly limited content in Last.fm's mobile apps today.

And there are also many gaps in their full music catalogue.

So yes, please, i'd possibly pay even more for these subscriber+ features:

Philippe3000 said:
BIGGER CATALOGUE OF STREAMABLE TRACKS !!!!


and

NO CATALOGUE LIMITATIONS IN THE MOBILE APPS ANYMORE !!!!

WichitaQ said:
not really a subscriber "feature" in global, but i'd like the ability to merge some of the info from our older accounts. at least the join date. it would be immensely awesome to have 2003 as my join date. my last.fm ego rates that as "solid gold" worth -.-

I would totally admire you for that. (not joking)

i would pay extra for a one time change of username, like how livejournal has. i reaaaaally don't like this username i've been stuck with since i was 16 haha. ;)

akrde said:
Number of paying Last.fm subscribers is very low, so CBS unit’s product VP Fred McIntyre announced new features around the subscription service in Q2.


@Staff: Still reading this post?

Cool, then i have this question for you:

Are the announced new features around the subscription service still planned for Q2? Any details available already?

Tecfan said:
akrde said:
akrde said:
Number of paying Last.fm subscribers is very low, so CBS unit’s product VP Fred McIntyre announced new features around the subscription service in Q2.


@Staff: Still reading this post?

Cool, then i have this question for you:

Are the announced new features around the subscription service still planned for Q2? Any details available already?

Very few details, though we know they are working on a new track player solution (which could have been out yesterday).. and imo, they got lots of features available to release over at the playground.. shame that just put them away over there..

New track player solution is out now, but i don't think that this feature belongs to the Q2 feature plans.

Last.fm needs to get more subscribers with these announced new mystical features, much more subscribers.

The playground VIP demos are nice to look at, but i don't think that you can win many new subscribers with such features!?

CrybKeeper said:
I feel the same about the 'recent visitors to my profile' thing - I get dozens of them, while I am away sleeping, eating, changing diapers, etc. When I get back to Last, I can only see the last six. Since we are paying subscribers for this feature, among others, we should have something like this and it would be very easy to implement, I am sure:



This way, we could click on 'See More' and view activity in a 24 hour time frame.
Maybe even one weeks visitor history would be nice ; )

I agree with you, but this thread is about *new subscriber features*, so you should have posted this better in the *new community features* thread, shouldn't you? ;)

YetAnotherPage :| <-- mixed feelings about that..

How about fixing some known issues?

Some features that i'd love to see implemented:

• Like/Dislike buttons to give feedback on a per session basis. This data would be taken into consideration before choosing next songs for the current radio station, but wouldn't have any further effect. This way, stations could be customized depending on the mood at that moment. Another name for this feature could be: More/Less like this
• Ability to modify a radio station on the fly, so more artists can be added as you listen
• Possibility to ban artists as well as songs

A major feature for me would be the ability to watch/follow bands.

The idea would be to be able to add any band to a watch list. With this list last.fm could provide:

- Settings for what type of information you want to be notified about (shouts, concert, album, etc)
- A google calendar and feed for all events from bands on the watch list in you location.
- Feed for information updates on every band on the watch list.

I think this would be a killer feature.